Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, October 17, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Flyers outshot the Islanders 29–26.
Goals came from Randy Wood, Rick Tocchet, Murray Craven, Ilkka Sinisalo, Pat LaFontaine, Denis Potvin and Brian Dobbin.
Wendell Young made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Randy Wood (2)Bob Bassen (1), Gord Dineen (1)0–101:48 NYI
Rick Tocchet (1)Brian Propp (4), Pelle Eklund (3)1–103:25 PHI · 
Murray Craven (4)Pelle Eklund (4), Brian Propp (5)2–118:28 PHI ·
3rd period
Ilkka Sinisalo (4)Murray Craven (1)3–103:18 PHI · 
Pat LaFontaine (5)Derek King (3)3–206:06 NYI
Denis Potvin (2)Tomas Jonsson (4), Mikko Makela (3)3–307:35 NYI · 
Brian Dobbin (1)Dave Poulin (4)4–319:38 PHI
Team stats
PHINYI
2926
0%0%
2/61/7
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:26 into the first period
Kjell Samuelsson · holding2 min - 14:55 into the first periodDerrick Smith · cross checking2 min
- 15:43 into the first period
Denis Potvin · tripping2 min - 16:00 into the first periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:24 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2:11 into the second periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodMichael Stothers · holding2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 2:53 into the third periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 6:52 into the third periodMagnus Roupe · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Brian DobbinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Michael StothersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wendell YoungG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |